(HealthDay News) — Appropriate use criteria have been developed for the initial use of transthoracic echocardiography in outpatient pediatric cardiology. The guidelines were published online September ...

Luisa Raga Pombo, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Raga Pombo earned her medical degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, “Luis ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births per year in the United States, according to the CDC. About one in four infants with a congenital heart ...

The Pediatric Cardiology Echo Lab at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger has earned a three-year reaccreditation from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. Officials said, "This latest accreditation ...

Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) is the first pediatric hospital in the world to use a 3D intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter in the treatment of congenital heart disease in ...

The Alvin Community College Pediatric Echocardiography program became the first in Texas and among the first in the country to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. – ECU Health Medical Center’s Echocardiography Laboratory (Echo lab) earned a 20 Year Bronze Accreditation Milestone for its reaccreditation and pediatric echocardiography ...

NEW BRUNSWICK - Primary care providers throughout New Jersey will be able to increase their capacity to effectively screen and treat children and adolescents for developmental and behavioral concerns ...